Diwali Recipes

Diwali is a festival to be grateful to God for showering his blessings upon us and to express love and care for our dear ones. It is a common tradition to visit the places of worship on this day. People also visit and meet their relatives and friends on the day of Diwali. As Diwali is a five day festival it is often seen that these get together spread across these five days.

Ladies engage themselves in preparing various kinds of sweets, snacks and other recipes. Sweets like Besan-ka-ladoo, Gajar-ka-halwa, Gulab-jamun are very popular.

Along with sweets there are some popular snacks that are very easy to prepare and look good to serve on the festival of Diwali. Mentioned below are some popular sweets and snacks’ recipes.

Sugar syrup should be made earlier. Mix 2 cups Sugar in 1 cup of Water. Add 4-5 Cardamom pods, finely crushed and few strands of Kesar (Saffron). Mix it well and heat on a low flame, till the Sugar dissolves.

Keep this syrup warm, until Gulab Jamun balls are fried. This syrup will be used to add sweet taste to the Fried Jamuns.

Gulab-Jamun:

Make the dough by adding Milk-powder, self-raising floor, cream and mix them well.

Shakarpare

Mix the above ingredients using little water and convert it into fine and soft dough.

Roll out the dough into thick chapatti.

Cut the chapatti into diamond shaped pieces of equal size.

Dry these pieces on a cloth.

Deep fry these pieces in hot ghee.

Once deep fried, allow them to cool.

Ghatiya

Also known as Namak Pare, Gathiya is a very popular recipe for the festival of Diwali as it provides a good break from the traditional sweets and looks good to serve. Gathiya is a salty snack, that can be made of white flour or Maida.